Re: gnustep-base create $HOME/GNUstep/Library

[Eric Wasylishen]

> 
> This sort of thing is a recurring (though infrequent) issue ... people who 
> don't expect/want to see a GNUstep directory in their home directory, and who 
> (often) actively dislike the presence of anything other than the folders they 
> are force to have by their operating system.  My impression is that the 
> objection arises basically a certain sense of 'tidiness'.
> 
> Why don't we just change to using .GNUstep instead of GNUstep by default?

I think that's a great idea, for the default (FHS) filesystem layout. 

The FHS document (http://proton.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.pdf) actually 
addresses this:

3.8.2. Requirements

User specific configuration files for applications are stored in the user’s 
home directory in a file that starts with the ’.’ character (a "dot file"). If 
an application needs to create more than one dot file then they should be 
placed in a subdirectory with a name starting with a ’.’ character, (a "dot 
directory"). In this case the configuration files should not start with the ’.’ 
character. 11

--Eric